The last update of the iPod Classic was in September 2009. The Apple Online Store has changed the shipping time of the iPod Classic from 24 hrs to 1-3 days. Suppliers of the iPod Classic report low numbers left. The conclusion: the iPod Classic is dead. This was the first iPod to be released. It was released in 2001. It offered only 5GB of hard drive storage (and everybody was saying 5GB?! That's a ton!) and costed a whopping $400. It used to be called the "iPod" (not the "iPod Classic") until more models were made. So, if you have a huge (75GB+) library and want to take it all with you, get the iPod Classic before it stops selling for good.
I also recommend looking at this forum from when the iPod Classic first came out; my favorite quotes are:
"We live in the YEAR 2001... not 6000 years from now when ridiculously awsome technology will exist. No other mp3 player has a harddrive like this... 5gigs... **** yeah. A rio of the same size offers 64megs"
I mean, it took 9 years, not 6,000! And 5GB is a lot?
"I mean 5GB in a little tiny thing like that, it's amazing. I don't see anyone else making something like that. Do you?"
No, because 5GB is so tiny for a hard drive! We have flash memory 64GB players!
